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More copies of this ISBNThe Big Book of Brain Games: 1,000 Playthinks of Art, Mathematics & Scienceby Ivan Moscovich
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A compulsive, exuberant cornucopia of puzzles, The Big Book of Brain Games is like salted peanuts for the mind. Here are mental games, visual challenges, logic posers, riddles and illusions. Comprised of both original puzzles and mind-boggling adaptations of classics, this book, written by a man Wired magazine called “a living inspiration for the rest of us,” celebrates that unique place where pure play and problem solving coexist. Start solving, and right away you’ll feel smart, intuitive, curious, successful and at one with the beauty of mathematics. Synopsis:About the original 1000 PlayThinks, Will Shortz of "The New York Times" said it best: “ The most wide-ranging, visually appealing, entertaining, gigantic collection of brainteasers since Sam Loyd’ s "Cyclopedia of Puzzles" almost a century ago.” Inside "The Big Book of Brain Games," you will find an obsessive collection of 1,000 challenges, puzzles, riddles, illusions— originals as well as must-do classics— it’ s like salted peanuts for the brain. With jampacked pages and a full-color illustration for each entry, the book, opened anywhere, is a call to action. (And it’ s guaranteed to make you smarter.) Twelve basic categories include Geometry, Patterns, Numbers, Logic and Probability, and Perception. An easy-to-read key at the top of each game ranks its difficulty on a scale of 1 to 10, while indices in the back cross-reference the puzzles. (You’ ll find the answers back there, too.) About the AuthorIvan Moscovich is an internationally known and acclaimed inventor, puzzler, and artist. He is the author of the MindGames series, which has over 500,000 copies in print, and he lives in The Netherlands.A graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, Ian Stewart has reported from more than 40 countries. At the age of twenty-seven, he was appointed bureau chief of UPI's South Asia bureau. He later joined the Associated Press and was named bureau chief of its West Africa bureau in 1998. He lives in Berkeley, California. Table of ContentsForeword Introduction How to Use This Book Chapter 1: Thinking about PlayThinks Chapter 2: Geometry Chapter 3: Points and Lines Chapter 4: Graphs and Networks Chapter 5: Curves and Circles Chapter 6: Shapes and Polygons Chapter 7: Patterns Chapter 8: Dissections Chapter 9: Numbers Chapter 10: Logic and Probability Chapter 11: Topology Chapter 12: Science Chapter 13: Perception Chapter 14: Bonus Round Solutions References Difficulty Index What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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